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Railways, roads & transport, 1912

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Railway and Tramway Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 July 1912 · page 4

The employees of the Government Railway and Tramways of the Maitland district and employees of the East Greta Company's railways are tendered a cordial…

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Robbers Hold Up Passenger Train. a Stubborn Safe. Parsons (Kansas)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 July 1912 · page 5

Four masked men near Coffyville, hold up the Missouri-Texas passenger train, and attempted to open the safe. Their efforts to open the safe proved futile, and after two…

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Another Railway Mistake. Trains Collide Without Damage, Sydney, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 July 1912 · page 5

A railway smash occurred at Wallerawang early this morning. The mall train from Sydney had reached that place; and as usual had been turned on to its proper set of…

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Equestriennes and Tram. An Awkward Fix

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 July 1912 · page 4

A serious collision between a tram and two ladies on horseback, which occurred on Lennox Bridge, Paramatta, resulted in one horse being killed, and the…

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No More Railway Collisions. Australian's Successful Invention. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 July 1912 · page 2

The Angus invention for the prevention of collisions on railway lines was tried at Watchett, in Somersetshire, yesterday afternoon, the trial proving a…

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Railway Collision

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 July 1912 · page 1

A railway collision took place on Tuesday afternoon on the North Shore line[?] 1.55 train from Hornsby to Mil[?] Point ran into the rear of a goods…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 July 1912 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred early on Tuesday morning in the railway coal shunting yards at Port Waratah. An engine and forty loaded coal waggons ran over…

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Mangled on the Railway

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 July 1912 · page 2

A woman named Kate Rooney was run over by the mail train from Cootamundra on Monday night, near Binalong. It seems that after visiting the…

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The Bad Roads

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 4

The Wallarobba Shire are de serving of the highest censure for this callous disregard of the privileges of people further north…

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Sad Sudden Death. in Train Between Scone and Aberdeen

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 2

On Wednesday morning last, an [?]wfully sudden death took place in the 11 o'clock passenger train between Scone and Aberdeen. On that…

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Railway Disaster. Halifax

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 5

The Nova Scotia maritime express has been wrecked. The intercolonial railway cars fell into the lake, and four persons were killed and many other injured…

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The Railway. to Merriwa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 6

Only work on a comparatively small seale is still being done in the construction of the railway from Muswellbrook to Merriwa Ploughing and scooping on the Overton…

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Morpeth Railway Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 4

The following are statistics of traffic dealt with at the Morpeth Railway fetation for the 12 months ending 30th June:—Number of tickets issued 41,753, as against 34,797 the previous year, an…

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Railway Information

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 2

The following stock owners have been booked to load here next. Wednesday, 17th inst.:— 3 cattle trucks on account of E…

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North Coast Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 2

Mr F. E. Wickham, engineer in charge of the second section, informs us that with fair weather the line will be completed to Taree by…

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No More Railway Collisions. Australian's Successful Invention. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 4

The Angus invention for the prevention of collisions on railway lines was tried at Watchett, in Somersetshire, yesterday afternoon, the…

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Death in a Train

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 5

Mr. Charles J- Sheridan, a passenger by the train to Sydney from Scone, on Wednesday morning, died in a carriage at Aberdeen. Dceeased was a surveyor,…

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The Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 2

The number of men employed on railway construction work between Muswellbrook and Dennian has been considerably increased since the…

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No More Railway Collisions. Australian's Successful Invention. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 8

The Angus invention for the prevention of collisions on railway lines was tried at Watchett, m Somerse[?]shire, yesterday afternoon, the trial…

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G.e.m.s. Address to Railway Men

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 3

Speaking from the "traverser" to a large assembly of workmen at the railway workshops at mid-day on his recent visit to Ipswich, Queensland, the Rev…

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